Magnetite in mixture with metallic iron in indoor dust samples was examined using several magnetic analyses, thermomagnetic curves of the magnetic susceptibility and the induced magnetization vs. temperature, hysteresis loops, and first-order reversal curves. The study of the magnetic properties was supplemented by the analysis of chemical elements and electron microscopic observation. The meta...

Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a dense liquid chemical often used as an industrial degreaser. TCE poses public health risks as a probable carcinogen, with growing evidence of negative effects to developmental, reproductive, and hepatic health. Traditional cleanup of aquifers contaminated with TCE is expensive, difficult, and inconsistent because TCE sinks to the bottom of an aquifer, making access ...

This project serves as a literature review on the transformation and synthesis of magnetite from hematite under hydrothermal conditions as well as with Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) and milling. Magnetite forms over a similar range of elevated temperatures regardless the method that is used to synthesize it, including nonheterogeneous, loosely controlled environments such as a ceramics kiln. Ba...

A brackish lagoon at Itaipu, Brazil, contains magnetotactic bacteria with unusually large magnetite magnetosomes (lengths 100-200 nm). The micromagnetic structures of the magnetosomes from two different coccoid organisms from the lagoon have been determinedby electron holography.The results are consistentwith single-magnetic-domain structure in the elongated magnetosomes from one organism and m...

New chiral magnetite nanoparticles with a polymerizable group produced polymer composite films on an electrode surface and the hybrid nanotubes of magnetite nanoparticles and polythiophene from their template-based electropolymerization.

Iron (hydr)oxides not only serve as potent sorbents and repositories for nutrients and contaminants but also provide a terminal electron acceptor for microbial respiration. The microbial reduction of Fe (hydr)oxides and the subsequent secondary solid-phase transformations will, therefore, have a profound influence on the biogeochemical cycling of Fe as well as associated metals. Here we elucida...

In this study, we demonstrated that microwave-assisted enzymatic digestion could be greatly accelerated by multifunctional magnetite beads. The acceleration of microwave-assisted enzymatic digestion by the presence of the magnetite beads was attributable to several features of the beads. Their capacity to absorb microwave radiation leads to rapid heating of the beads. Furthermore, their negativ...

The superacute stage of focal ischemia can be visualized using T2-weighted MRI following the injection of superparamagnetic iron oxide particles (magnetite). In this study we evaluated the optimal time point, i.e. the time producing the strongest signal, for the injection of magnetite using T2-weighted MRI following left parmanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (lt.-PMCAO). Male Sprague-Dawle...

A simple preparation of thermoreversible gelatin-based ferrogels in water provides a constant structure defined by the crosslinking degree for gelatin contents between 6 and 18 wt%. The possibility of varying magnetite nanoparticle concentration between 20 and 70 wt% is also reported. Simulation studies hint at the suitability of collagen to bind iron and hydroxide ions, suggesting that collage...